I am working on the (rather exciting!) sequel to Under a Living Sky. The story's working title is The Woman in Grey. This book will be approximately the same length as UaLS, and takes place on the same farm, but the timeline tracks over the following summer.

The summer of 1937, which brought with it another steep economic slump, was also blisteringly hot on the northern prairies. A Canada wide temperature record was set in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, a town near the farm. The record stands to this day.

Blowing dust in 1937 darkened the skies, crept into every crack, layered every life with misgiving, boggled the mind.

Could the Great Depression get any worse than this? Judith wonders.

Starting in a dust storm of mythic proportions, the story explores Judith's interest in a mysterious woman who has arrived on their farm, only to disappear. After a long search the children locate the woman, strangely tied up in a cottonwood tree. The woman turns out to be a native girl of fourteen, Sally, who is deathly ill.

The farm family, almost overwhelmed after years of lost crops and boundless poverty, nurses Sally back to health. In return Sally does something unexpected, something that only Sally can do, something that will save the farm. (And I certainly won't give any more of the plot away here!)